ABSTRACT
Consent is one of the central concepts in ethics, and is especially relevant for decisions in the domains of medicine, sex, and business. According to Contractarianism, any categories that have some influence on the distribution of primary goods are relevant to an ethics engine. It's important for the ethics engine to set default values based on the original position. An ethics engine, when there is enough time to do so, must be equipped with some method of determining not only agreement, but also volition and competence. Any robot equipped with an ethics engine must be capable of recognizing humans and distinguishing them from other physical objects. In 2016, a group of researchers at an Oxford conference entitled "Social Robotics and AI" presented a set of guidelines for ethical behavior in robots. However, the guidelines do indicate a new and important concern about robot discrimination, under the title of "lack of respect for cultural diversity or pluralism".
